Purbba Salbari Village

Purbba Salbari Village, with population of 3081 is Maynaguri sub district's the 37th most populous village, located in Maynaguri sub district of Jalpaiguri district in the state West Bengal in India. Total geographical area of Purbba Salbari village is 5 km2 and it is the 32nd biggest village by area in the sub district. Population density of the village is 617 persons per km2.

Nearest town of the village is Maynaguri and distance from Purbba Salbari village to Maynaguri is 12 km. Pin code of Purbba Salbari village is 735210.

Demographics

The village is home to 3081 people, among them 1578 (51%) are male and 1503 (49%) are female. 17% of the whole population are from general caste, 83% are from schedule caste. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Purbba Salbari village is 13%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are 695 households in the village and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Growth of population

Population of the village has increased by 32.2% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were 2331. Female population growth rate of the village is 34% which is 3.5% higher than male population growth rate of 30.5%. General caste population has increased by 9.8%; Schedule caste population has increased by 38.1% and child population has increased by 0.3% in the village since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 952 females per 1000 male in the village. Sex ratio in general caste is 887, in schedule caste is 967. There are 936 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the village. Overall sex ratio in the village has increased by 24 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 64 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total 2046 people in the village are literate, among them 1131 are male and 915 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Purbba Salbari is 76%. 82% of male and 70% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the village has increased by 3%. Male literacy has gone down by -2% and female literacy rate has gone up by 9%.

Workers profile

Purbba Salbari has 33% (1018) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 53% male and 12% female population are working population. 46% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 7% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 6% of total female population are main and 6% are marginal workers.